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Bling Nation, the company behind the first commercial NFC payments system in the US, has suspended service while it seeks to revamp its business model, American Banker reports. Bling Nation's technology was specifically designed to reduce... More

Park State Bank & Trust, based in Woodland Park, Colorado, has become the second bank to sign up for Bling Nation's mobile contactless-sticker based payments system. The bank began offering the service to its customers... More

The State Bank in Colorado has become the first bank to sign up for Bling Nation's mobile contactless sticker-based local payments system. More

A new payments service from Bling Nation offers local banks the chance to provide a low-cost closed-loop payments system within their local community. Smart stickers attached to customers' mobile phones and low-cost 'BlingTag' readers are at the heart of the system and NFC-based services will be added once handsets become widely available. More